Shot over a four-year period, Linda Goode Bryant and Laura Poitras' Flag Wars
is a poignant and very personal look at a community in Columbus, Ohio,
undergoing gentrification. What happens when gay white homebuyers move
into a working-class black neighborhood? As the new residents restore
the beautiful but run-down homes, black homeowners must fight to hold
onto their community and heritage. The inevitable clashes expose
prejudice and self-interest on both sides, as well as the common dream
to have a home to call your own. Winner of the Jury Award at the South
by Southwest Film Festival, Flag Wars is a candid, unvarnished portrait of privilege, poverty and local politics taking place across America. An
Independent Television Service (ITVS) and National Black Programming
Consortium (NBPC) co-presentation. A Diverse Voices Project (DVP)
Selection.

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